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One of the classics that has always stayed with me has to be The Elves and the Shoemaker. As a child it became attached with the ensuing magic of Christmas Eve and the wonderful intricacies of elf craftmanship, taking raw instruments and natural ingredients to create something purely by hand and hard work; a concept that was of great inspiration and interest at the time. As I evolved with the book it became a better understanding of kindness and importantly the absence of greed; reflecting qualities I admired in my own mother's actions and became a pause button indicator to stop and appreciate what you have whilst also remembering to always give back; a beautiful message I now enjoy sharing with my own daughter.
Peter Pan was my favourite and as a child I lived in a big old Victorian house with my six brothers and sisters. At night at bedtime I would leave a drink and piece of cake by my open sash window and hope that Peter and Tinkerbell would fly in and help themselves but sadly they never did.
It was The Princess & The Pea - it used to fascinate me and often I wished I could have 100 mattresses to climb onto where I could read books by torchlight or have midnight snacks without being caught!
I loved Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I had the vinyl record of it, so I would listen to it on a weekend afternoon, singing along to all the iconic songs, and took it all so seriously!
Red Riding Hood definitely, I loved the wolf and his impression of Grandma and imagined that if I was wearing the red cloak, I would have tried to make him my friend
My favourite story was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I loved reading this story many times. I used to had a Snow White doll and she was my best friend. Where we live there wasn't any children in my age so this doll was my everything for me. I could have a pretend talk to her about my day at school and friends.
Mine was the elves and the shoemaker I thought it just wonderful that he woke up every morning and a new finished pair of shoes had been made, even as a child I loved shoes and think secretly I had my own elves making some for me every night
my favourite was Jack and the beanstalk. I was always getting into trouble for daydreaming and forgetting what I'd been asked to do, so I sympathised with Jack who was sent to market to sell the cow but got waylaid by the bean seller and got into trouble for buying beans instead. I liked the idea that doing something wrong could work out for the best in the end.